Celeste Rivas, the 15-year-old lady whose severely decomposed corpse was present in a Tesla registered to singer-songwriter D4vd, is seen on newly surfaced surveillance video operating away from dwelling final yr.
Rivas is seen in footage from a neighborhood liquor retailer in Lake Elsinore, Calif., that was recorded round 7 a.m. on March 19, 2024. The clip, first printed Friday by TMZ, exhibits a woman in a black hoodie and white pants, who was recognized as Celeste by her household.
The younger lady is seen strolling rapidly down the road and jogging round a nook earlier than disappearing from view.
Elie Naddaf, the proprietor of Dellago Spirits, informed TMZ that Rivas’ sister got here to his liquor retailer later that day and requested to assessment the safety tapes from that morning, confirming it was her sibling.
Naddaf informed the outlet that he gave the household the footage “in hopes it might assist them discover her.”
He added that Rivas usually stopped by his retailer for soda, chips and gum, and that he by no means heard about any bother at dwelling.
The lady ran away from dwelling repeatedly — together with no less than thrice final yr — due to a “troubled dwelling,” legislation enforcement officers informed TMZ.
The final time her household had contact together with her was in July.
In January 2024, cops discovered Rivas in Hollywood and returned her to her household.
Her disappearance from dwelling on March 19 marked no less than the second time she ran away.
Her case took a grim flip this month when her decomposed physique was found Sept. 8 within the entrance trunk of a Tesla registered to 20-year-old singer-songwriter David Anthony Burke, identified professionally as D4vd.
Police executed a search warrant at a Hollywood Hills mansion the place Burke had been staying, seizing electronics and computer systems.
Investigators stated the musician has cooperated totally, canceled tour dates and vacated the $20,000-a-month rental days after the search.
Burke has not been named a suspect or particular person of curiosity within the case. Legislation enforcement officers proceed to analyze how Rivas died and the way her physique ended up within the automobile.
Rivas’ physique was present in a severely decomposed state, which suggests she had been within the Tesla for a substantial size of time, in line with legislation enforcement officers.
Her explanation for dying stays undetermined.
Buddies and on-line acquaintances speculated Rivas had struck up a relationship with Burke on social media earlier in 2024.
Screenshots circulating on Discord servers appeared to point out ties between the teenager and the artist, although police haven’t made any allegations about their connection.
Her physique has been launched to kinfolk, who held a memorial in Lake Elsinore.
